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Tikaro
@tikarohd.bsky.social
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hobby indie #gamedev, very dark souls pilled

Working on a 2D platformer, stick around to see the progress

Devlogs: https://www.youtube.com/@TikaroHD
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Tikaro @tikarohd.bsky.social · Jun 23
Chipping away on a toy 2D platformer, check out the first devlog video! Hollow Knight / Super Metroid / Prince of Persia-inspired project to explore how to make it satisfying to jump around and explore the world

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gex...

#gamedev #2dplatformer #metroidvania #unity
How to Make a Platformer by Bashing Things Together
YouTube video by Tikaro
www.youtube.com
tikarohd.bsky.social
the updates didn't resume next week
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
tikarohd.bsky.social
can you guess what I've been up to this weekend?
Regular #gamedev updates will be back next week 😶‍🌫️
September 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
tikarohd.bsky.social
Hands that look like actual hands!

god bless drawing refs

#gamedev #indiedev #unity2d #platformer #pixelart
September 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
tikarohd.bsky.social
A new type of critter to keep you company on this #ScreenshotSaturday 🐛👀

#gamedev #indiedev #unity2d #platformer
August 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
tikarohd.bsky.social
Most playtests begin running through this precarious hallway. This time I changed it just enough for a poor enemy to get Han Soloed into the wall😩

#gamedev #indiedev #unity2d #platformer
August 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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augusthakansson.bsky.social
sometimes you wake up violently hungover only to realize you somehow solved a rendering problem that’s haunted you for years

anyway back to bed

#techart #gamedev #pixelart
August 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
tikarohd.bsky.social
Fancy a fresh summer dinner?

Then we better start cookin cuz I just threw a bunch of produce on the countertop

#art #painting #digitalart
August 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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pixelwrappers.net
Night (or rather late evening) race this weekend in #ClassicSportDriving!
Including an impressive tightening corner at the bottom of a hill that will take a bit of time to get right!⛐😉
🏎️===💨

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegames #racinggame #retrogaming
August 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
tikarohd.bsky.social
Early #ScreenshotSaturday! Here's a mockup for an abandoned castle in my platformer. Man graphics are tough to make. Also feels like I'm breaking Affinity Photo over my knee to get it to behave how I want 😶‍

Now to clean this up and port it into the game!

#gamedev #indiedev #unity2d #pixelart
August 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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augusthakansson.bsky.social
i really wish i was above external validation but its kind of hard to rebuild an audience here amongst the blue skies - but i will keep at it!

so if you want to follow along on our journey making our strange little game please do! ❤️

#gamedev #techart #pixelart
August 14, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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taikwy.bsky.social
i made it exist first, now i'm making it look good!

#gamedev #indiedev
August 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
tikarohd.bsky.social
ICYMI

#gamedev #unity2d #indiedev
tikarohd.bsky.social Tikaro @tikarohd.bsky.social · Aug 8
New devlog is up! Go listen to my prosaic roundabout ways of telling you I want Hollow Knight's minimap whilst implementing said minimap into our platformer 👹

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOg6...

#gamedev #unity2d #indiedev
Yoinking Hollow Knight's Map System - Devlog 3
YouTube video by Tikaro
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August 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
tikarohd.bsky.social
New devlog is up! Go listen to my prosaic roundabout ways of telling you I want Hollow Knight's minimap whilst implementing said minimap into our platformer 👹

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOg6...

#gamedev #unity2d #indiedev
Yoinking Hollow Knight's Map System - Devlog 3
YouTube video by Tikaro
www.youtube.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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playtester.io
Check out THE IRONY!

Sign up for the playtest: playtester.io/the-irony

#IndieGaming #GameDev #Gaming #IndieDev #IndieGame
August 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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grimclownjay.bsky.social
Welcome all you beginners & pros, coders & artists, composers & promoters! 🙋‍♂️

Ask to be included in this pack and I will add you. A "👍" on your request comment means you're in!

#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #GameAudio #GameArt #GameDesign #Godot #UnrealEngine #Unity #Blender #Gaming #IndieGames
August 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
tikarohd.bsky.social
please bro just one more heavily edited devlog i promise its worth it its gonna be interesting to watch the colors flash as you yap about nerd shit please bro add one more meme just a quick single weekend in and out job brother its what mom would have wanted please

#gamedev #videodev...? #indiedev
August 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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vuvuuinc.bsky.social
An update to my little farming game! 🌿🌱
#indiedev #pixelart #videogames #gamedev
steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3136330?...
August 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
tikarohd.bsky.social
Got the meat of the dialogue system working! NPCs can now not only talk at your mute tricolor form, but also give you items and trigger Dark Souls-esque choice windows ("Choose A or B"). Each step can also affect the global world state

#gamedev #unity2d #indiedev #ScreenshotSaturday
August 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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peekychew.bsky.social
Making good progress on the trees, but still have work to do on the transition to the edge of the map.

#pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev #indiedev
2D retro pixel art style top-down scene from an RPG. Set in a forest with a pond, numerous trees of various types, the main character, and a robot companion. Trees are reflected in the pond and there are small details such as weeds, stones, and mushrooms.
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
tikarohd.bsky.social
#gamedev #indiedev
Question to fellow indies:

How do you document progress?Devlogs, blogposts, something else? What is your process? And do you see benefits from it in your work? (You're also welcome to link your stuff!)

Small thread with my experience: 🧵
July 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
tikarohd.bsky.social
Thine loyal servant brings you another update. Shader containment unit has been breached, everything is going haywire, rudimentary water reflection material has begun spontaneously appearing in the world.

(ya boy has written his first baby shader)

#gamedev #indiedev #unity2d
July 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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ghislaingir.bsky.social
#UE #Blender #UnrealEngine #tech #gamedev
🥳My 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 addon is finally complete and officially available as a Blender Extension!

I spent way too much time coding it + writing a 150-page manual and over 2 hours of video tutorials. 😅

youtube.com/watch?v=hC2_...

More detail in the🧵
GameTools Blender Extension - Introduction
YouTube video by Ghislain Girardot
youtube.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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soyoudontneedto.bsky.social
I wrote a thing about aesthetics in the prototyping phase!

neighbourhoodsnake.com/2025/07/23/f...

Read it and weep, haters!!!

P.S. I'm trying my hand at clickbait, please don't feel obliged to either read it, or weep, even if you consider yourself a "hater".
Five? reasons to make your game pretty ASAP! (Number 3 will make you say “what?”)
I believe that it’s worth investing some time developing an aesthetic early in prototyping, even if it risks “wasting work”!
neighbourhoodsnake.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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mcnostril.bsky.social
The machines could never live up to the magnificent glory of a spontaneous 5 minute photoshop after a friend mentions "crabbage"
Crabbage
July 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
tikarohd.bsky.social
You though I was working on some grungy sci-fi platformer? Get bamboozled, get absolutely played - I want grungy persian moods in this groundbreaking game about a guy jumping on things.

This is the first real "draft" for the main menu. Low-quality till I settle on the aesthetics 🤡
#gamedev #unity2d
July 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM